A cross-cultural study on self-regulation and parenting: comparison between the Netherlands and South Korea ...

Adequate self-control is critical to pursue valued distal goals over less important proximal motives for the sake of long-term adaptation. People with high self-control are better able to regulate their emotions, impulses, and thoughts than people with low self-control (de Ridder, Lensvelt-Mulders, Finkenauer, Stok, & Baumeister, 2012). Self-control can help an individual to adapt to a given cultural and social context. Self-control is shaped from infancy to young adulthood and develops most strongly during toddlerhood and childhood. As such, children initially develop self-control skills... Mehr ...